The role primarily involves accounting and reporting tasks, comprising 60% of responsibilities, including analyzing accounting records, preparing budget reports, verifying expenses, tracking fund allocation, interpreting policies, assisting with purchasing, and ensuring fiscal compliance. Additionally, the position entails 25% budgeting and forecasting duties, such as preparing budgets, analyzing financial status, assisting with multi-year reports, and collaborating with budget analysts. The remaining 15% involves miscellaneous duties like committee participation, workflow suggestions, backup support, and professional development activities.
This posting is to fill two positions within OSU's Financial Strategic Services unit.
Requirements:
A Bachelor’s degree with 24 quarter (16 semester) hours of accounting courses and two years of accounting experience; OR a CPA or PA certificate and two years of accounting experience; OR 24 quarter (16 semester) or 240 clock hours of accounting courses and three years of accounting experience.
Accounting experience must include at least 6 of the following: documenting and resolving problems within an accounting system; classifying revenues and expenditures to funds and accounts; ensuring accounting system conforms with applicable controls; reconciling accounts to general or control ledgers; preparing journal vouchers; applying accounting principles to one or more functional areas; i.e., AR, AP, etc.,: tracing errors through accounting system; processing data using a computer; communicating technical material orally and in writing; applying computer report information; knowledge of governmental and fund accounting; applying PC spreadsheet, database, and word processing software.
All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools.
Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses.
Applications should be submitted by Feb 16th.
Apply @ https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/149801